| Issue 95 |
June 2008 |
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Sea & Sardinia Heard
The four à Capella singing shepherds who serenaded the diners as a (low res) video.
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RS Eden
Further images, info, video, plans and pictures (both old & new) of the classic yacht.
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Corporate Manslaughter
Norton Rose LLP survey.
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Refit & Repair Business Report
Current listings and data of capabilities as well as the full comments on refit yards.
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The People Survey
All responses can be found on the Synforum at: www.synfo.com/forum/survey95
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Engineers’ Forum & Icemakers
Information on how to dismantle and clean an icemaker.
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| Issue 94 |
May 2008 |
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Predator
Further images and info on the unique yacht
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Amels Facility
Video of the facility including the block building at Vlissingen Oost on Synfo TV
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Waste Not
The chart, which illustrates the comparison of current standards, the new 2010 standards, and the standards, which Agrimond / Dragonfly claimed to have achieved
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Delivering to Order
Background info on the research of Tim Edwards and Rick Delbridge
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| Issue 93 |
April 2008 |
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Walking The Plank
Regulations and legal obligations on dealing with stowaways
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Success at Seatec
The complete list of speakers and contents at Seatec.
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Voith & Heesen Spin Stability
Documents on the principle of the cycloid propulsor and rudder as well as animations and downloadable exe file - plus the RSV video underway.
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Communications Survey
The full unedited communication comments.
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| Issue 92 |
March 2008 |
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Hidden Silence
Advantages and disadvantages of exhaust emission reducing systems
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Subs Stuff
SEAmagine’s dive guide, further documentation and diagrams and a video of the whole dive in Barcelona on SynfoTV
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Veneers in Motion
A video of Bohlke Veneer on SynfoTV www.synfo.tv
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Reach for the Sky
A video of SkySails in action on SynfoTV www.synfo.tv
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Dive in Japan
Useful contacts and details for all you need to know when diving in Japan as well as exclusive footage of the dive itself
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| Issue 91 |
February 2008 |
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TVA Fully Explained
Details of the TVA and duty free advantages for foreign flagged yachts chartering in France as background to the new French RIF registry.
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Have to be seen to be believed
A video of SkySails in action on SynfoTV www.synfo.tv
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Under new Management
Video of Sunseeker’s new management on SynfoTV www.synfo.tv
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The Alfa Yacht gives more
Alfa Nero GAs and other extras
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| Issue 90 |
January 2008 |
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Proportion Perfect Perini
Extra information on Perini’s Motoryacht inspired by an early Roman Architect & Leonardo Da Vinci; project Vitruvius.
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Flying High
Tank test data on the new Couach fast FLY.
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Full St(r)eam ahead
Additional information on Feadship’s new design series.
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White Vs Dark Angel
More information and images on Igor Lobanov’s 100-m designs.
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Floating Fortress
A 13 page PDF detailing all aspects of Rainsford Saunders Giga yacht’s innovative spec.
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| Issue 89 |
November/December 2007 |
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Yacht Management Survey
the full unedited yacht management comments
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Curry on Keels
Annex of all the formulas and forces used in the article
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AMY 54
Specifications, GA and further images
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Brolly or Helo Platform?
Headland’s company brochure
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Blade-ing wheel free
A selection of videos of Blade Rider
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Tamsen Traveller
Video of her sailing
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| Issue 88 |
October 2007 |
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60 years in 60 minutes
The full interview transcript
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A Ship Report (DYT)
Extensive extra material including images and GA
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Evolving Salperton
Her General Arrangement, Specification and profile
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ITF Seafarers Survey
Impact of ISPS on work and personal freedom
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| Issue 87 |
September 2007 |
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Part of Bond
The Cisco slide show showing many clever network communications solutions (from page 219 in this issue).
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Cool Tools
A film of a teleconferencing system so different and convincing it’s not even called that any more, it’s the Cisco Teleprescence system (from page 219 in this issue).
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Still Bonding - Case study of an 88m CODAG MTU and Gas Turbine High Speed motoryacht
Case study of IT infrastructure on an 85-m plus CODAG (MTU and GE Gas Turbine) High Speed Motoryacht (from page 226 in this issue).
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Composite Rigging Classed
Technical details of tests, protocols and GL guidelines for composite rigging and type approval (from page 235 in this issue).
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Meteor
GAs of her and Borkum Riff, sailplan, spec and special video (from page 116 in this issue).
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Givi
Her general arrangement, specification & profile (from page 68 in this issue).
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SYC
Detailed reports on each day of the Superyacht Cup, special moments and final results (from page 132 in this issue).
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The Benefits of Alternative Flags
What to look for in a Flag State.
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Bring Standing Rigging and Hydraulics into the 21st Century
Yacht rigging has seen many material changes over the years – from various forms of multi strand Swaged Stainless Steel Wire to Solid rod (Nitronic 50) to lightweight high performance fibre.
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More to Dynamic Positioning
Commercial DP Operator Training Guidelines from the NI & Classes of DP defined (from page 265 in this issue).
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Fixed or variable pitch DP?
Read more about this in the Marine Technology Society’s Dynamic Positioning Conference paper (from page 268 in this issue).
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| Issue 86 |
July/August 2007 |
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How green is my car carrier?
Is commercial shipping leading superyachting in the race to an environmentally benign use of our oceans? Find out here in a PDF of a concept ship project by Wallenius Wilhelmsen. This is a synfo extra to the Ed’s rant on page 25 of issue 86.
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Easier Jetski-ing
You may love ‘em or hate ‘em, but charter guests will always want to use ‘em: Jetskis that is! The problem often is that the guests lack the licence frequently required by the coastal states and don’t wish to lose time aboard learning. The RYA has an answer; a jetski equivalent to the PADI resort course. This is detailed on page 34 and here we show the RYA’s guidance notes for PWC Instructors, PWC Trainers (onboard) & PWC Centre (the yacht) and the Principals (who’d normally be the yacht’s Captain).
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Bendy props and hubless thrusters
Voith Turbo BV recently gained a contract to supply their hubless thruster to the entire Amels Limited Edition series as featured In The News on page 38. The company also has a variety of interesting propulsion systems, which are detailed there, for further information we reproduce here three PDFS on their three innovative approaches to propulsion.
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Serene Selene
S/Y Selene is the latest Ron Holland designed 56m Perini Navi to be handed over. She features in Fleet activity news on page 71. Here we offer a look at her GA, principal particulars as well as exc | |